英语词汇“pill”的读音、翻译、释义、用法及例句-青年旅行网

词汇

pill

释义

pill

Theme: CONTRACEPTION

n. a birth control pill. (Always with the.)

Is Sally on the pill?The pill has really changed my life.

Theme: DRUGS - PORTION

n. a drug in capsule form.

Stop taking those pills!The doctor prescribed these pills.

Theme: SPORTS - FOOTBALL

n. a football.

Hank tossed the pill to Wally, who promptly dropped it.Fred kicked the pill through the goal and won the game.

Theme: TOBACCO

n. a tobacco cigarette.

Hey, toss me a pill, huh?I'll trade you a pill for a match.

pill

noun

any central nervous system stimulant US, 1966.

a tablet of MDMA, the recreational drug best known as ecstasy. A generic usage UK, 1996.

a pellet of opium US, 1946.

a cigarette UK, 1914.

a rugby ball NEW ZEALAND, 2002.

in pool, a small tally ball used as a scoring device US, 1993.

an unpleasant person UK, 1871.► the pill1. the contraceptive pill. Not in practical currency until the early 1960s UK, 1957.2. the weekly anti-malaria pill taken by US troops in Vietnam. Playing on the birth control pill, then very much in vogue back home US, 1991

idiompilla bitter pill (to swallow)used about something very unpleasant that you have to accept:Anna's rejection of his love was a bitter pill to swallow, but he tried to accept it.Workers knew that some jobs would have to be cut to save the newspaper, but it was still a bitter pill.sweeten/sugar the pill BrEBrEsugar-coat the pill AmEto do something to make an unpleasant job or situation less unpleasant for the person who has to accept it ◆ often used in politics:The Chancellor is expected to raise income tax, but may introduce some VAT changes to sweeten the pill.Keaton will sugar-coat the pill with a drop in interest rates.

pill

1. and the pill n. a birth control pill. (Always with the in this sense.) The pill has really changed my life.

2. n. a tobacco cigarette; a marijuana cigarette. I’ll trade you a pill for a match.

3. n. a drug in capsule form. The doctor prescribed these pills.

4. n. a football. Fred kicked the pill through the goal and won the game.

See:

a bitter pill
a bitter pill to swallow
a chill pill
a hard pill to swallow
a tough pill to swallow
be on the pill
bitter pill (to swallow)
bitter pill to swallow
blue pill
gild the pill
go-pills
gorilla biscuits
gorilla pills
happy pills
horse pill
idiot pills
King Kong pills
more (something) than Carter('s) has (liver) pills
more than Carter has pills
on the pill
pep pill
pill
pill dropper
pill freak
pill mill
pill peddler
pill popper
pill pusher
pill roller
pill-dropper
pillhead
pill-in-the-pocket
pill-peddler
pill-popper
pill-pusher
pill-roller
poison pill
pop pills
red pill
sugar pill
sugar the pill
sugar/sweeten the pill
sugar-coat the pill
sweeten the pill
take a chill pill
the pill

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